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Dr. Jian Fu Appointed to NIH Innate Immunity & Inflammation Study Section

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jian Fu has been appointed to serve as a member of the NIH Innate Immunity and Inflammation Study Section, for the term beginning July 2020 and ending June 2024. NIH study...

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Posted - Jul 10Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Alexandra Arenas on a Successful Defense!

Congratulations to Dr. Alexandra Arenas on a Successful Defense! Dr. Arenas successfully defended her PhD thesis on July 9, 2020. Also, congratulations to her mentor, Dr. Haining Zhu, and her other committee...

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Posted - Jul 9Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Johnson!

Dr. Jeremy Johnson has successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, "Examination of the Role of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase as a Therapeutic Modality for Triple Negative Breast Cancer." Congratulations to...

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Posted - May 28Read More

Course Variety in MSMS Program Helped Courtney Kelson Find Her Calling

With the intention of eventually pursuing a career in medicine, Georgia native Courtney Kelson earned her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Georgia State University. But after learning the full...

Tags - class of 2020, master of medical sciences

Posted - May 18Read More

Dr. Brainson's Lab Working to Make Lung Cancer Treatments More Effective

Lung cancer is a complex and devastating disease, especially in the Commonwealth. In fact, Kentuckians are twice as likely as the rest of U.S. citizens to develop squamous cell carcinoma and small-cell lung...

Tags - Toxicology and Cancer Biology

Posted - Apr 20Read More

STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

We are pleased to announce that we are still accepting applications for our Master's of Forensics Toxicology & Analytical Genetics program. The Master’s in Forensic Toxicology & Analytical Genetics...

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Posted - Apr 17Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Diane Begemann

Congratulations to Dr. Diane Begemann on successfully defending her PhD thesis on March 25, 2020. We could also like to thank and congratulate her mentor, Dr. Natasha Kyprianou, her committee members, and...

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Posted - Mar 25Read More

Dr. Daret St. Clair Awarded the IOWA Medicine Alumni Award for Achievement

Dr. Daret St. Clair was nominated and selected as the recipient of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Distinguished Alumna Award for Achievement for her pioneering work in...

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Posted - Feb 5Read More

College of Medicine grad triumphs through tragedy to inspire next generation

As the oldest girl of nine children, Jazmyne Barney always knew she served an important role in her family. She was the “mom of the sibling group,” as she calls it, and because of this, she felt she had the...

Tags - Toxicology and Cancer Biology, Graduate Medical Education, Commencement ceremony

Posted - Dec 20Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Van Wie!

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Van Wie on successfully defending his dissertation, "The role of neural precursor cell expressed developmentally down-regulated protein 9 in enhanced aggressiveness of hexavalent...

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Posted - Nov 13Read More

Congratulations to Successful Qualifying Exams

Congratulations to Martina Lin (Mentor: Dr. Chengfeng Yang), Stephanie Bryant Rock (Mentor: Dr. Mark Evers), Chaohao Li (Mentor: Dr. Xiaoqi Liu), Nick Howard (Mentor: Dr. Isabel Mellon) and Tanner DuCote (...

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Posted - Oct 10Read More

Aria Byrd awarded the WIMS Rising Star Award

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Aria Byrd is the recipient of the 2019 Rising Star Award from the Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS). Each year, WIMS recognizes faculty and trainees who encourage and...

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Posted - Oct 4Read More

Dr. Daret St. Clair awarded the WIMS Leadership Award

Congratulations to Dr. Daret St. Clair on being the recipient of the 2019 Leadership Award from the Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS). Each year, WIMS recognizes faculty and trainees who encourage and...

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Posted - Oct 4Read More

Welcome to our new students in the Toxicology & Cancer Biology program!

Our Toxicology & Cancer Biology program is interdisciplinary, whose faculty are leaders in their fields and use cutting edge approaches to investigate oxidative stress, genetic instability, metabolism and...

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Posted - Aug 21Read More

Welcome to our first cohort of students in the new Master's of Forensic Toxicology & Analytical Genetics program

The University of Kentucky provides the only Master's of Forensic Toxicology and Analytical Genetics (or degree of comparable nature) in the state, and it is only the fifth such professional master’s degree in...

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Posted - Aug 19Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Kara Chan!

We am pleased to congratulate Kara Chan who successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation on 7/15/19. Congratulations Dr. Chan and congratulations to Dr. Guo-Min Li for his excellent mentorship and other...

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Posted - Jul 15Read More